Top 10 things you must read about Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity and VMware By Eric Siebert published: Wednesday, June 25 2008
Disaster recovery can often be
painful and difficult to setup but is usually a necessity in large corporate
environments. Implementing a proper
DR strategy can always be challenging but fortunately virtual servers can
simplify your DR implementation. Often some companies use a few virtual servers
as a lower cost alternative to many physical servers at their DR sites. There
are many different methods and approaches to implementing DR in virtual
environments and based on your requirements you may use either one or a
combination of these methods. There are also many vendors that offer products
to help you replicate data between your main and DR sites. This top 10 list
covers the many types of implementation stategies that can be used with DR as
well as some of the 3rd party products that can help you with this.
It mostly consists of VMworld presentations where an entire track is devoted to
disaster recovery and business continuity.
Tips and Tricks - Disaster Recovery in a
Box
http://www.vmworld.com/vmworld/mylearn?classID=11316
A VMworld 2007 presentation on the technical details of
implementing a cost effective DR solution and packaged solutions.
VMware Infrastructure 3 Capabilities for
Improving Disaster Recovery
http://www.vmworld.com/vmworld/mylearn?classID=13713
A VMworld 2006 presentation on why using
virtual machines is a great option for disaster recovery.
New Trends in Disaster Recovery for
VMware
http://www.vmworld.com/vmworld/mylearn?classID=11120
A VMworld 2007 presentation on current DR options and
using Site Recovery Manager to automate DR workflows.
VMware ESX Server and Storage
Architecture Best Practices for Performance, Backup, and Disaster Recovery
http://download3.vmware.com/vmworld/2006/adc9591.pdf
A VMworld 2006 presentation on how to
architect storage for use in a VMware
DR environment.
Disaster Recovery Virtualization
http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/DR_VMware_DoubleTake.pdf
A white paper from VMware and DoubleTake on using virtual
machines and data replication for disaster recovery.
Leveraging VMware ESX Server in Disaster
Recovery Solutions
http://www.vmworld.com/vmworld/mylearn?classID=13701
A VMworld 2006 presentation with case
studies on using VMware ESX as a DR solution.
Disaster Recovery Solution Architecture
for VMware
http://www.vmworld.com/vmworld/mylearn?classID=11018
A VMworld 2007 presentation describing how to use Site
Recovery Manager as an effective DR solution.
Innovative Approaches for High Availability and Disaster
Recovery in Your VMware Infrastructure Environment
http://www.vmworld.com/vmworld/mylearn?classID=13722
A VMworld 2006 presentation by Symantec on DR challenges
and solutions and using Veritas Cluster Server as a DR option.
VMware ESX Server as a Foundation for
High Availability and Disaster Recovery for the Microsoft Server Platform
http://www.vmworld.com/vmworld/mylearn?classID=12936
A VMworld 2006 presentation by EMC on
using HA layers, DR layers and Contimuation of Operations.
VMware users explore disaster recover
options
http://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid94_gci1253386,00.html
An article on different DR options used by various
companies with their VMware infrastructure.
Related Links:
VMware , DoubleTake , Veritas Cluster Server , Top 10 things you must read about VMware Networking, Top 10 Things you must read about Performance , VMworld 2007
Eric Siebert is a 25-year IT veteran with experience in programming,
networking, telecom and systems administration. He is a guru-status
moderator on the VMware community VMTN
forum and maintains VMware-land.com,
a VI3 information site.
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